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The Drought of 1930
Publication Year: 1999
The current drought conditions, as bad as they are, apparently are not as severe as those of the summer of 1930.
The Demise of the Vaudeville Show
Publication Year: 1999
The rise of the American motion picture industry paralleled the demise of the vaudeville show.
The Arrest of Joseph Shaw, Part 1
Publication Year: 1999
The American Civil War severely tested the very fiber of American society as the war quickly brought about the suspension of basic rights.
The Arrest of Joseph Shaw, Part II
Publication Year: 1999
Last week's column contained the first part of Joseph Shaw's description of his arrest in August 1862. Shaw and other residents had been taken to Baltimore and detained by military authorities.
DAR House Tour of 1949
Publication Year: 1999
Touring historic houses has been popular since Mt. Vernon opened as the nation's first house museum in the 1850s. An early tour of Carroll County homes, sponsored by the William Winchester Chapter
The Westminster Police Department in 1929
Publication Year: 1999
Dealing with crime and punishment were issues long before the founding of Carroll County in 1837. The legislation that created the new county required the construction of a court house and a jail
Methodists Honor Robert Strawbridge in 1934
Publication Year: 1999
The Sesquicentennial of American Methodism in October 1934 attracted considerable local interest. The roots of the church can be traced to the Sam's Creek area of Carroll County and the preaching of Robert Strawbridge.
Strawbridge Home For Boys Opened in 1924
Publication Year: 1999
Seventy-five years ago, Eldersburg was thronged with visitors who attended the dedication of the first cottage at Strawbridge Home for boys.
Egg Auction First of its Kind in 1939
Publication Year: 1999
In the late 1930s Carroll County was the leading producer in the state's poultry industry. Local poultrymen organized an egg auction, the first of its kind in Maryland.
Mount Airy Fire in 1914
Publication Year: 1999
Despite the Herculean efforts of our local volunteer fire departments, destructive fires have ravaged parts of nearly every Carroll County community.
Gladys Wimert
Publication Year: 1999
Many local residents remember Westminster journalist Gladys Wimert who wrote about local events for the Hanover Evening Sun newspaper and was also the Westminster correspondent for the Associated Press.
Maryland Physicians Met in 1899
Publication Year: 1999
Westminster has periodically been selected as the host city for a number of state wide meetings or conventions, including firemen, fraternal organizations, rural letter carriers, national guardsmen, etc.
Just Government League Formed in 1913
Publication Year: 1999
The question of extending the vote to women came to the forefront in Carroll County with the formation of the Just Government League in 1913.
Westminster Gets Electric Lighting
Publication Year: 1999
The 1895 election in Westminster centered on the issue of electric lighting for the city. The "electric arc light" faction won out over the "gas light" supporters and the city was soon illuminated by electricity.
A Brief History of the Westminster Riding Club
Publication Year: 1999
Horses have played an important role in local life since the settlement period in the Eighteenth Century. Settlers and later residents used horses for personal and wheeled transportation, agrarian pursuits and for sport.
Artifacts Reveal Carroll’s Past
Publication Year: 1999
When the Historical Society was founded in 1939, the founders envisioned an nstitution whose purposes were "to collect and preserve all papers, books, documents or other matter of things pertaining to the history of Carroll County.
County Wide R.F.D. Began in 1899
Publication Year: 1999
Tomorrow will be the Centennial of the nation's first county wide rural free delivery system. Carroll County was selected due to the efforts of Westminster Post Office employee Edwin W. Shriver.
Carroll County Christmas, 1899
Publication Year: 1999
The last Carroll County Christmas of the Nineteenth Century was celebrated in much the same way as previous years.
Schaeffer Lumber Company Fire
Publication Year: 1998
Fifty years ago Westminster suffered a devastating fire in the Liberty Street business district which, for a
The American Legion Club Opens
Publication Year: 1998
Shortly after World War II ended, local veterans erected a number of monuments to the dead and